Per Duncan Delaware is “lying” to our children.

Due to ‘No Child Left Behind’ law, some states lowered standards By Kay Mathews. “A federal study found that, in order to avoid sanctions under the No Child Left Behind law, almost one-third of states studied lowered their academic proficiency standards in recent years” “The study by the U.S. Department of Education’s research arm found [...]

Arne Duncan’s Australian Sex Tape

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National DSTP in the pipeline

Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently announced that the federal government will be spending up to $350 million to create standardized tests compatible with whatever standards are agreed upon by the Common Core State Standards Initiative. So far, 46 states have signed on to participate in the drafting of the educational standards.

Race off the Cliff

National Academy of Sciences Releases Report: Will Duncan/Obama Listen “Today, the National Academy of Sciences issued a report critiquing Obama/Duncan’s “Race to the Top” agenda, affectionately known around here as the “Race off the Cliff,” or “Duncan’s Dumbo Circus.” Below are some key snippets that, hopefully, Arne has time to read between his pick-up games [...]

Arne Duncan caught on tape wheeling and dealing

Check if out! Arne Duncan in blue shirt or obviously the only white guy. This video appears to be from when he was CEO of Chicago’s schools. Testimony of Arne Duncan  House Education and Labor Committee Thursday, July 17, 2008 “Let me also thank Representative Danny Davis for his longstanding leadership on a myriad of policy [...]

Arne Duncan masturbates at the U of D

“The best ideas in education are never going to come from Washington,” he said. “They’re always going to come from the local level.” Arne Duncan What a fucking idiot ! Duncan’s $4.35 billion dollar Race to the Top plan was hatched in his own head. His plan takes more local control away from local school districts [...]

Deadliest month ever on Obama’s watch

October is deadliest month ever for GIs in Afghanistan “The deaths bring to 55 the total number of American troops killed in October in Afghanistan. The previous high occurred in August, when 51 U.S. soldiers died and the troubled nation held the first round of its presidential elections amid a wave of Taliban insurgent attacks.” [...]

Biden and Markell’s 10 a.m announcement

Update 10/27/2009: Joe Biden wins the day ! I’ll have to admit it looks like Joe Biden was the one to pull the rabbit out of  hat not Markell. It’s obvious Joe Biden was the driving force in getting Fisker to come to Delaware.  Markell can take all the credit he wants but Joe Biden [...]

Arne Von Duncan

“Perfect Storm for Reform” He reiterated his plan to overhaul the landmark No Child Left Behind Act, including not allowing states to set their own standards, which, he said, led to a dumbing down of standards in many states, including Illinois. Again, federal takeover of local control of America’s public schools He wants comprehensive data [...]